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Challenge Brainstorm Area:

Cathy Nelson's challenge:  

SO WHAT? The big challenge here is HOW to get them on board--

1) Teachers using the tools--harnessing them for educational purposes

2) Getting students to use them ethically & responsibly, and

3) Getting the filter guards to crak the portals! 

How do we get our teachers/administrators/parents to use the tools and to use them ethically? 

Christopher Harris' challenge: Cloudy, with a chance of learning: How will school libraries interact with the cloud? As applications and services move online into an always connected space for working and interacting, how do our libraries respond? What applications and platforms can we best use?

MaryFriend Shepherd's challenge: What is the single most useful online tool for helping students collaborate on school projects?  How can this tool be used to help students do things differently AND how can this tool be used to help students do different things?

David Loertscher's challenge. Brainstorm ideas for turning websites into giant conversations.

Instructions: pick one or several challenges below and put table ideas right under the particular element you are talking about.